Nairobi — Outgoing Governors whose second term has ended have started to bid their people farewell as they exit office, ahead of tomorrow’s swearing in ceremony for newly elected Governors. Outgoing Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua through a video posted in his Twitter account on Wednesday took time to appreciate the people of Machakos for according […]
Nairobi — National carrier Kenya Airways has trimmed its half-year loss to Sh9.9billion from a Sh11.5billion loss posted in the same period last year attributed to increased revenues. The Group’s total revenue grew by 76 per cent to Sh48.1 billion from Sh27.4 billion in the same period last year. This increase is mainly attributed to […]
Nairobi — Azimio La Umoja – One Kenya Presidential Candidate Raila Odinga is expected in the coastal city of Mombasa where he is set to lead campaigns for the coalition’s Mombasa Gubernatorial race Abdulswamud Nassir. Odinga who will accompanied by the Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka are slated to meet grassroot leaders and thereafter conduct a […]
Nairobi — FKF Premier League side Kenya Police FC will travel for a two-week training camp in Rwanda on Wednesday night where they are scheduled to play a series of friendly matches. They will start off on Saturday with a game against top tier side Rayon Sport and are also scheduled to face AS Kigali […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The Permanent Secretary of the PM’s Office Mohamed Abukar Zubeyr received a delegation from the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF). The meeting focused on how to strengthen the cooperation between the two sides and participate in the development of the youth and raise their awareness. The meeting was accompanied by the secretary […]
The systems and policies being implemented by the Akufo-Addo Government are designed to shine the light of transparency into the dark corners that breed corruption while aggressively accelerating national development, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated. Speaking at the 59th Annual Session of the Ghana Baptist Convention at at Ejura in the Ashanti […]
Nairobi — Kimilili Member of Parliament-elect Didmus Barasa is set to take a murder plea in a case where he is accused of shooting dead his opponent’s aide. Barasa who has been in police custody for the past two weeks is said to have committed the offence against Brian Olunga, an aide to Kimilili politician […]
In April 2022, the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender (CSA&G) at the University of Pretoria together with the Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Futures (CGS) and the Center for Conflict Studies (CCS) at the Philipps-University Marburg launched the first edition of the Pretoria-Marburg Queer Conversations. The […]
Parliament’s Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery has welcomed the progress of efforts made by the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government and eThekwini Municipality to bring relief to those affected by devastating floods which hit the province in April. The committee is in the province to assess government interventions made to those communities […]
Swift intervention by the Financial Intelligence Centre’s Fusion Centre has seen government recover R659 million to the fiscus deemed to have been proceeds of crime. Through the Fusion Centre, the FIC’s crime fighting public-public collaboration has secured several positive outcomes, including the preservation and recovery of pilfered public funds. In a statement, the FIC said […]
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) has challenged other government departments to become accountable for their role and initiatives in ending gender-based violence and femicide. “They need to be accountable. They need to identify exactly what they are supposed to be doing, and they need to be accountable in ensuring that […]
Public university lecturers in Nigeria have been on strike since 14 February 2022. One of their biggest issues is that the institutions they work for are poorly funded. Despite this, Nigeria’s National Assembly recently raised the idea of establishing 63 new universities. Nigeria already has more than 200 universities. In this interview, Dr Jerome Isuku, […]
Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has announced that Banyana Banyana’s pledge of R5.8 million following the team’s recent 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) victory has been increased to R15 million. “I am pleased to announce that the National Government’s contribution to the team [has been increased] to R15 million. This […]
The Majority Leader of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Nnamdi Okafor, has slumped and died in South Africa. Reports have it that Hon Okafor, who represents Awka South State constituency 1, slumped and died in the early hours of Wednesday, in a Hotel in Sandton City, Johannesburg, South Africa. The lawmakers were said to […]
No fewer than 91 students from Zamfara state have been expelled by Cyprus International University over the failure of the Northwestern state government to pay the tuition and other fees. The students who are on state-sponsored scholarships in the university were evicted because Zamfara has not fulfilled the agreement for the scholarship signed some years […]
The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed a senior official found guilty on counts relating to gross negligence and gross dereliction of duty. The official, Simphiwe Hlophe, Chief Director: Infrastructure Management for Information Systems (IS) was responsible for Information Technology (IT), aspects that involve network outages (offline), system downtime and IT capability which affect the […]
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says there are actually enough medical doctors in the country but that the Federal Government is working toward replacing any medical doctor who resigns and leaves the country. Ehanire made the assertion on Tuesday in Abuja during a media conference. He also said there was no embargo on […]
Addis Abeba — Quoting the army commanders of various corps as saying, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) said “the army is at a level of readiness where it can repel any attack from inside or outside.” According to a dispatch posted on the ENDF’s Facebook page this morning, different commanders of the army corps, […]